Modelling of optimal tyres selection for a certain truck and transport application
Journal article, 2017

The main aim of the research leading to this paper is to select---for a truck and its transport application---a configuration of the tyres such that the energy losses caused by these are minimized. We show that neither the rolling resistance coefficient (RRC) classes provided by tyre suppliers nor any other nominal values of RRC evaluated for specific operating conditions are sufficient to do the tyres selection. Therefore, a surrogate model of the RRC is developed. A tyre model based on the RRC model is introduced in this paper. The modularity of the tyre model is demonstrated by coupling it with two different vehicle models and an~operating environment model. The usage of the joint vehicle, tyres, and operating environment model is demonstrated by solving a few illustrative instances of the tyres selection problem. The potential savings wrt. energy losses when the selected tyre configurations are used are presented.

tyre

modelling

vehicle

simulation

optimization

road generator

Author

Zuzana Nedelkova

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Peter Lindroth

Volvo Group

Bengt J H Jacobson

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing

1745-6436 (ISSN) 1745-6444 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 3/4 284-303

TyreOpt - Fuel consumption reduction by tyre drag optimization

Swedish Energy Agency (2011-001831), 2012-01-01 -- 2015-12-31.

Chalmers, 2012-01-01 -- 2018-05-04.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Subject Categories

Computational Mathematics

Vehicle Engineering

DOI

10.1504/IJVSMT.2017.089998

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